---
title: "SystemRestore"
slug: "systemrestore"
updated: 2023-05-16T09:53:46Z
published: 2023-05-16T09:53:46Z
canonical: "docs.datajet.app/systemrestore"
---

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# SystemRestore

Restores a project's mongo data that was previously backed up using the [Backup](/v1/docs/backup) method with "system": true.

### Method

| Key | Value(s) | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| method | SystemRestore | Restores a project's mongo data that was previously backed up using the backup method. |
| project | Projectname | Name of original project |
| targetProject | newProjectName | Must be blank for a system restore |
| path | pathandfilename | path and file to zip file generated by Backup method |

### Example

The following will restore the system objects for project1 from the [realm_SYSTEM...zip] file. The zip file will contain the system objects for all projects that were in the realm when the system backup was run.

```json
{
  "method": "SystemRestore",
  "path": "%DATAPATH%Backups/realm1_SYSTEM_20230512_192043_1.zip",
  "projectName": "Project1",
  "description": "Restore System Objects for Project1",
  "project": "TestProject"
}
```